b. 1828. d. 31 July 1884. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and translator. Pseudonyms: “John Smith,” “J. D. L.,” and “John Smith of Smith
Hall, gent.” Born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,
and Lincoln’s Inn. Married Teresa Clarke-Jervoise on 6 January 1868. Liberal MP for
Devonport, Devon (1868-1874). Became a Justice of the Peace for for Devon and Hampshire
and served as a lieutenant in the Pembrokeshire artillery militia. Author of *Sketches
of Cantabs* (1849), *Across the Atlantic* (1851), and *Science and Revelation* (1871).
Translator of the works of Juvenal and Pliny in *D. J. Juvenalis Satirae* (1882) and
*The Letters of the Younger Pliny* (1879). Biographical information: Lohrli 343, *ODNB*.
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